Is Globalization actually Westernization by a different name?

NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. Globalization is not a gift to the world- Love, the West. As of lately, the West has seemed to benefit from globalization, however, who's to say that won't change. Amartya Sen makes the point that "over thousands of years, globalization has contributed to the progress of the world through travel, trade, migration, spread of cultural influences, and dissemination of knowledge and understanding" (pg 19). She acknowledges that fact that globalization has been taking place for thousands of years. It is NOT a recent phenomena. She also points out that, there are very significant parts of globalization which did not originate anywhere near the West. We simply choose to focus on Western influences. Sen further distinguishes that a thousand years ago, China was the only nation in the world to use gunpowder, a crossbow, the magnetic compass, and many more things. So, was that easternization? No. When something is proven successful, it is in human nature for others to copy that. At that time period, Asia was making significant progress which spread across the world. Now, its the West's turn. That's all. It's not Westernization, it truely is globalization.